The King’s Enchanting
Chapter 348 - 352: Entrance (2)

Chapter 348: Chapter 352: Entrance (2)

By the time filming started, her previously indifferent expression suddenly sharpened! She charged fiercely towards Jiang Xuanqi, who was bound to a chair with her hair in messy disarray, and with one hand—its nails painted with bright red vermilion—she brutally grabbed her shoulder, while the other hand brandished a sharp knife, her voice cutting through the air!

"Tell me, do you choose Zixiao, or your own life!"

Her eyes were ferocious and piercing, instantly embodying a woman mad with love!

Jiang Xuanqi was scared stiff! Although the prop knife in Jian Anning’s hand wasn’t sharp, her angry posture and penetrating intensity completely froze Jiang Xuanqi! She even genuinely began to tremble, believing that perhaps Jian Anning truly intended to stab her!

The shock made her forget her lines—at this moment, she should have portrayed defiance unto death!

"Cut!" Director Li called a halt and approached her, saying, "Jiang Xuanqi, what’s going on with you! At this time, you should be showing an attitude of defiance against tyranny! Although the female lead, Xiu Momo, is quite gentle, she would never bow down to such evil forces! Let’s do it again!"

Turning his head, he then looked at Jian Anning with a much softer expression: "Keep up the good work! Anning, you did really well."

Jian Anning hadn’t said anything, but over there, Yu Zexiao’s lips curved up, looking even happier than Director Li’s praise.

Nonsense, she was his woman. How could she not be outstanding? And who was he anyway?

The shooting went on for several takes, and although Jiang Xuanqi’s performance still wasn’t quite satisfactory, Director Li managed to find a better take and continued with the next sequence, with Yu Zexiao joining in.

In this scene, Yu Zexiao had to play the hero and rescue the damsel in distress—and also slap Jian Anning!

Over time, Yu Zexiao’s acting skills had gradually improved—partly due to his own quick learning and partly because of the stimulus from Lu Jiayuan. How could he tolerate his acting being leagues behind Lu Jiayuan? Thus, he stopped just going through the motions and began to take each scene seriously.

Yet, when it came time to act, he flubbed many takes. How to put it? If in this scene, it was Jian Anning tied up, and he was to slap Jiang Xuanqi, he would feel no pressure. But as soon as it changed to him being hopelessly in love with Jiang Xuanqi and showing cold disdain to Jian Anning, why did it feel so odd?

"Cut!—" Yet another take failed, and the atmosphere on set grew tense and restless.

Director Li was furious: "Zexiao! This is acting! The woman before you has bullied the woman you love the most and has even colluded with your father, pressuring you to return to politics, stopping you from pursuing your love for music. You should display your anger towards her! This slap represents the rage you’ve built up over time, and you must deliver it yourself!"

Yu Zexiao pursed his lips, realizing that even at the times when Jian Anning had made him the angriest, he had never thought of hitting her. And now, for the sake of acting, he was supposed to slap her? How could he possibly do that!

And Lu Jiayuan, standing by, suggested as well, "Director Li, if it really isn’t working, how about using body doubling?"

Using a body double was indeed a common solution. But if Jian Anning had been Zhang Ying, and Yu Zexiao couldn’t continue shooting, they could have used a body double. However, Jian Anning was already a stand-in, a role meant to be hit, so how could she possibly use a body double?

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